2002 Grant Awards: Creativity
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Multidisciplinary | Museums | Music | Musical Theater
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24
cities in 16 states across the country.
American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of two works. American Ballet Theatre will commission
James Kudelka's The Firebird and perform Frederick Ashton's The Dream.
American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presenting of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition
to performances, the Celebration! program series will include educational outreach activities.
Anchorage Concert Association, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
To support a residency with the Diavolo Dance Company. The residency will include performances,
workshops and other activities with local middle schools, local dancers and the Alaska Design
Forum.
Art of the Matter (on behalf of Dance-Network)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2002. The program will revolve around Setsuko Yamada,
one of Japan's leading female contemporary choreographers, and offer a program of symposia,
workshops, master classes and performances.
Axis Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a work for dancers with and without disabilities by French Canadian
choreographer Sonya Delwaide. The dance, titled Les Saisons, will involve solo, duet and
ensemble work.
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation of a new work by Pedro Ruiz. The work will be based on the Cuban folktale of
Cecelia Valdes and will be created for 12 dancers.
Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
To support the presentation of two new works. The works include Black Cake by Hans van Manen
and Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce.
Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$15,000
To support commissioning, presentation, outreach and educational activities for the Bates Dance
Festival 2002. Dance artists include Jane Comfort and Company, Robert Moses/KIN, David Neumann and
Lisa Race Dance.
Big Dance Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support the creation of an original dance adaption of Franz Kafka's short story The Country
Doctor. Annie-B Parson will create choreography and sound design for the piece.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. (Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support design and rehearsal of a program of revivals of seminal works choreographed by Bill T.
Jones and Arnie Zane over the past 20 years. This project will help renew and disseminate a body of
dance works that has had a major impact on contemporary modern dance.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
(College Community Services, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the World of Dance Series. The series will include dance companies from the United
States and around the world.
Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new chamber ballet. The ballet will be choreographed
by Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, and will be performed at the AJ Fletcher
Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC and at Duke University in Durham, NC.
Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the development of a production to honor the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The project
will include re-staging excerpts from Ballet Russe ballets, commissioning two new one act ballets,
and working with the Cincinnati Art Museum to display sketches from the Ballet
Russe era.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theatre, Inc.)
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support the creation of a full evening-length work. One Nation Under a Groove is a full
evening work that draws inspiration from the soulful sounds of Motown.
Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of artists. Local and national artists will be presented along with
residency activities.
Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of workshops in the United States and China. The workshops will
result in the creation of Home: Part 3 of The Geography Trilogy, choreographed and
directed by Ralph Lemon.
Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation of one new work and the revival of two existing works. Merce Cunningham
will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour.
Dance Brazil (Capoeira Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and premiere of a new work. Artistic Director Jelon Vieira will collaborate
with Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos, and the music will be performed live with the dance.
Dance Center (Columbia College)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support two dance presentation projects. The Dance Center will present DanceAfrica Chicago 2002
and Into the West, featuring contemporary dance from the West Coast.
Dance Kumikokimoto (Dansology, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of a new work. Argus is a multimedia performance piece featuring
choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Caspar Stracke.
Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 22nd Series. The
series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and companies.
Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support an extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at
various stages in their careers and TheMainEvent series will present established mid career
companies/artists.
Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of five dance events in celebration of Dance Umbrella's 25th
anniversary. All artists will participate in week-long residencies that will include professional
level master classes, participation in meet-the-artist events, lecture demonstrations, and dance
workshops in local middle and high schools.
DANCECleveland (Cleveland Modern Dance Association)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support DANCECleveland's 2001-2002 Series. The program will include five concert presentations,
as well as a commissioning project and two extended residencies.
Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the fifth year of City/Dans in 2002. This program supports the presentation of New
York-based choreographers.
David Dorfman Dance (Art Sweats, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will create
the work to the music of Robert Fripp.
Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.
(Dayton Contemporary Dance Guild, Inc.)
Dayton, OH
$20,000
To support the creation of new works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Garth Fagan, Bebe Miller and
Doug Varone. Each of these four new works will explore the theme of flight or aviation in
conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the first, powered flight.
Doug Varone and Dancers (Dova, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will
involve the commissioning of a sound score and film and include a set design, guest dancers and
actors.
Eiko & Koma (Inta, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support creation of a new work. "The dance will be a "living" installation conceived for
gallery-like spaces.
Evidence, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of two final sections in a series of dances, choreographed by Ronald K.
Brown. Titled Walking Out the Dark, the material developed will explore the dances and music
of Cuba as well as spiritual dances and music from West Africa.
Field Papers, Inc.
Cambridge, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of small chamber pieces. Choreographer Dana Reitz will create solos for
herself and other dancers, which will be adaptable to a variety of performance spaces.
Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the presentation of artists and education activities during the 24th Florida Dance
Festival. This two-week festival includes dancers, teachers, students, choreographers and others
from across Florida, the United States and abroad.
Hae Kyung Lee Dancers (Artist Consortium)
Rosemead, CA
$5,000
To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee, in collaboration
with film director Allen Yamashita and composer Steve Moshier. The multimedia work with live
musicians will take place at the Japan America Theater in Los Angeles.
Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$5,000
To support the creation of a new work. Sound Sources will be created by Headlong Dance
Theater's three artistic directors in collaboration with sound designer and composer Rick
Henderson.
House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a new music-theater collaboration. Meredith Monk and theater-artist Ong Keng Sen of
Theatreworks in Singapore will create a work involving American and Asian artists.
Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of dance works by two choreographers. Australian
choreographer Natalie Weir will create a world premiere and the company will perform a piece by Sir
Kenneth Macmillian.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the acquisition of a ballet. No More Play, created by Jirí Kylián,
will begin the second phase of Hubbard Street's Kylián Project, a repertoire expansion
effort launched in 1998.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Lee, MA
$70,000
To support dance presentations during Jacob Pillow Dance Festival's 70th anniversary. Each company
will be in residency for a week and their work will be presented along with specially curated
events.
James Sewell Ballet (Ballet Works, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support performance and education activities in Rochester, MN. The company will perform at the
Mayo Civic Center and teach master classes at the Rochester Ballet School.
Jazz Tap Ensemble, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the creation of new works and the training of artists. Artistic Director Lynn Dally will
identify and develop future tap artists, create original choreography, and re-interpret existing
company repertoire.
JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Danny
Buraczeski and a jazz score will be composed by Philip Hamilton.
Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere. Mythic, choreographed by Joe
Goode, will be a large-scale work of dance theater.
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the revival of two ballets. These ballets are Robert Joffrey's Astarte, which
premiered in 1968, and John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, which premiered in 1984.
John Jasperse Co. (Thin Man Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new evening-length work. Clear Field will be choreographed by
John Jasperse to music by composer Michael Floyd.
José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the restaging of a work. The company will perform Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman's
1935 New Dance, which is the final part of the epic New Dance Trilogy.
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. The projects include: the 2002
Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce SoHo Presents.
Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To present a series of six solo works. The works include It Starts with a Step, by Lotte
Goslar; Strange Hero, by Daniel Nagrin; Kaddish, by Anna Sokolow; Totem
Ancestor, by Merce Cunningham; Debut at the Opera, by Agnes de Mille; and The Dying
Swan, by Michel Fokine.
Ko-Thi, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support two annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest Festivals will be held at the Pabst
Theater.
La Donna Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work. The Salon Project will be a
collaboration between choreographers Donna Uchizono and Valeria Solomonoff and composer Guy
Yarden.
Lilly Cai Chinese Dance Company (Chinese Cultural Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of Jade Warriors: The Chinese American Dance
Spirit. The concert will consist of stories about the strength, passion and character of
Chinese American women.
LINES Contemporary Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new dance work. This work will be choreographed by Alonzo King to music by
Polish composer Pawel Syzmanski.
LINES Contemporary Ballet
(on behalf of La Tania Flamenco Music & Dance)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work, titled Agua, Fuego y
Tierra, will be choreographed by La Tania.
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Dance Exchange, Inc.)
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
To support New Works 2002, a program consisting of six to eight premieres by artists of the company
and Home Hallelujah, a community-based performance work choreographed by resident artist
Celeste Miller.
Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
Inglewood, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African
influences. Lula Washington will choreograph Experimentations in Jazz to music by McCoy
Tyner, John Coltrane and Boujoubumbastic, a jazz/Sengalese Kora music group.
Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Margaret Jenkins. Knot
will be created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and visual designer Alexander V.
Nichols.
Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of Henry Purcell's opera King Arthur for the English National Opera,
directed and choreographed by Mark Morris. The production will feature all 18 members of the Mark
Morris Dance Group, 10 actors, five vocalists, a 20-person chorus, and a 32-person orchestra.
Mobile Ballet, Inc.
Mobile, AL
$5,000
To support the creation of a new ballet by Artistic Director Winthrop Corey. The ballet will be
based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the 10th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation
and will offer classes, workshops, educational outreach and panel discussions.
National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
To support 40 dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities in over 21
communities throughout the United States. The National Performance Network offers artists a defined
system of fee subsidy in order for them to engage in extended residencies in communities.
New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support two dance presentations. Evidence, Inc. and Doug Varone and Dancers will be presented on
the concert stage as well as in community settings throughout greater New Orleans.
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the 10th anniversary of the Diamond Project. The company will premiere six new ballets
and re-stage past Diamond Project ballets.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Yin Mei Dance)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national touring of Asunder. The work is choreographed by Yin Mei with set by Cai
Guo Qiang, music by Robert Een, and poetry by Mark Strand.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Urban Tap)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national and international touring of Caravane. Created by choreographer Tamango,
the project includes musicians on percussion, cello, trumpet and voice and features tap, hip-hop,
capoeira and African stilt dancers.
Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. This work will be taught to students at
Florida State University in Tallahassee.
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden, with guest artist Desmond Richardson. Rhoden
will collaborate with composer Antonio Carlos Scott to create a contemporary electronic soundscape
for the work.
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of the culminating work in Pascal Rioult's Ravel Project. The piece will be
created to Ravel's Bolero, and will have its premiere at the company's 10th anniversary
performances at the Joyce Theater in New York City.
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the creation and presentation of work nationwide through tandem touring by the Paul
Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. The tours include performances, education activities and
community service events.
Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present five
performances in Harrisburg, PA and Erie, PA.
Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The Private Lives of Dancers will be
choreographed to live piano by Artistic Director David Gordon.
Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and
Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score by Peter
Schickele.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
To support the creation of a new ballet. Choreographed by Kevin O'Day to the music of Sting, this
production will be part of Pittsburgh Ballet's program of new ballets, Brand New Day.
Pittsburgh Dance Alloy
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the creation of four new works by a variety of artists. The project will feature
collaborations with choreographers, composers, videographers and singers.
Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of six companies. The companies include The Shaolin Warriors,
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Compagnie Maguy Marin, The Parsons Dance Company, and Pittsburgh
companies Labco and Attack Theatre.
Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of WorDance. The cross-cultural work by the Ragamala Music and
Dance Theater and the Ko-Thi Dance Company will be performed at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St.
Paul, MN.
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Facing Mecca, created by Artistic
Director Rennie Harris, will feature a cast of 17 dancers, three DJ's, live percussion, and a
recorded sound score with vocals by Philip Hamilton, Grisha Coleman and Kenny Muhammad.
Rhapsody In Taps, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work by tap dancer Sam Weber. Weber will create the work for seven tap
dancers and five jazz musicians and it will premiere at the Japan America Theatre in Los
Angeles.
Rhythm In Shoes, Inc.
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support creation of an evening-length performance. Rhythm in Shoes will collaborate with the
musical group the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, NC.
River North Chicago Dance Company
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the presentation and touring of Pulse. Choreographed by Daniel Ezralow, this
piece is one of seven works that will tour throughout the United States during 2001-02.
San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The
company will acquire a work by Hans van Manen and commission works by choreographers Helgi
Tomasson, Julia Adam and Yuri Possokhov.
Shapiro + Smith (Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of new works. The works will be presented at the Joyce Theater
in New York City, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, and on tour in the United States.
Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the revival of the 1986 piece Vienna: Lusthaus, choreographed and directed by
Martha Clarke. The work will include new choreographed sections along with other additions by
collaborators, composer Richard Peaslee and writer Charles L. Mee, Jr.
Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographer Stephen Petronio was inspired
to create this work from a series of portraits created by Donald Baechler at the Gellert Hotel in
Budapest, Hungary.
Susan Marshall + Co. (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Putnam Valley, NY
$15,000
To support the creation of two new dance works choreographed by Susan Marshall. Titled Heavy
Air and The Chorus, these works will premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave
Festival.
The New Victory (New 42nd Street, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of a dance series. Camut Band (Spain), Donald Byrd/the Group (New
York), and Noche Flamenca (Spain/New York) will perform 65 public and education shows.
Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$5,000
To support dance presentations during the 8th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The
festival will include performances, workshops, panels and symposia.
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of two new works choreographed by Trisha Brown. A new piece will be created
to Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreisse and Trisha Brown will create a solo for herself
that combines her work in the visual arts with her work in dance.
Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival
Norfolk, VA
$5,000
To support the presentation of two dance companies. The Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Theatre
of Harlem will offer performances, workshops and a student matinee performance.
Wally Cardona Quartet (WCV, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work choreographed by Wally Cardona.
Morphmaniac will be performed in non-proscenium stage settings in several states.
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Rennie Harris Puremovement, Kim Itoh + the
Glorious Future, Yin Mei, Bebe Miller Company, Quasar Dance Company, and Whispering Voice/David
Rousseve will offer performances and other activities in Maryland and D.C.
White Bird
Portland, OR
$5,000
To support the presentation of four dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State
University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes and residencies.
Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$5,000
To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers & Dancer Residency. Four emerging choreographers
and eight dancers will be selected to be in residence for five weeks and two emerging companies
will be chosen for a four-week company residency.
Zaccho SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Ghost Architecture choreographed by Artistic
Director Joanna Haigood. This piece will examine the relationship between space and time and how
that relates to architecture.
Zvi Gotheiner + Dancers (ZGD, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, the piece will
deal with environmental issues.
DESIGN
Architectural League of New York
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Life: An International Look at Contemporary Housing Design, a traveling
exhibition showcasing and analyzing significant recent work in urban housing around the world.
Projects selected for the exhibition will reflect the highest design standards as well as
demonstrate a marked contribution to their urban environments.
Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$22,500
To present design exhibitions on the theme of information technology as part of the Architecture
and Design Project Series. The exhibitions will examine new methods for integrating technology and
information systems into the designed and built environment.
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support an exhibition, catalogue, video and national conference on school design. The project,
Architecture for Education: New School Designs from the Chicago Competitions, will document and
disseminate design models for school facilities.
Casa Familiar, Inc.
San Ysidro, CA
$20,000
To support an ideas competition, educational workshop, community events, and a publication
examining the San Diego - Tijuana border region. This conceptual competition will generate ideas
for the redesign of the border condition currently demarcated by a ten-foot high steel wall.
City of Long Beach, Mississippi
Long Beach, MS
$10,000
To support development of a master plan for the downtown and harbor area. The master plan process
will begin with a series of public and private workshops involving the mayor, leaders from the
community, and town citizens.
Design Trust for Public Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$27,500
To support research, planning and design of a park and its boundaries for a wetland within an urban
neighborhood. Eib's Pond Park is a 17-acre wetland park in northeast Staten Island with a poorly
planned surrounding community that houses a large number of low-income families.
Friends of the High Line
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a juried design competition to generate creative schemes for the reuse of the High Line,
an abandoned elevated rail structure. The High Line runs for one and a half miles from the
meatpacking district through Chelsea and up to the Javitz Center.
J Mandle Performance, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support Pedestrian Traces, an urban outdoor performance in collaboration with an
architect and urban designer. The site-specific performance will provide an opportunity to educate
and inform audiences about their impact on the shape of public spaces.
Mid-South Planning and Development Commission
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support a documentary exhibition on public housing in Chicago. The transformation of Stateway
Gardens from a public housing complex to a mixed-income community will be documented through
interviews, photographs and oral histories.
Museum of Modern Art (consortium)
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the design and production of a site-specific architectural installation at P.S.1
Contemporary Art Center. The project will create a public venue and provide critical exposure to
emerging architects/designers.
Praxis, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
To support Praxis, an architectural journal that informs the architectural writer, builder,
academic and professional by exploring the balance between theory and practice. Three volumes will
be produced focusing on housing, the American landscape, and museums and merchandising.
Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni, NM
$20,000
To support an architectural design for an eagle aviary compound and related structures. In this
second phase of the project, an eagle breeding ground, visitor facilities, orchards and landscape
features will be added to the existing eagle aviary.
Spaces
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support an exhibition that investigates contemporary residential design in a Midwest context.
Ten regional architects will exhibit design proposals for an aesthetically provocative,
technologically advanced, single-family home that considers the needs and environment of a
middle-income family.
University of Pennsylvania
(on behalf of the Institute of Contemporary Art)
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support a group show of architectural projects that examines complex techniques from
architecture that bring together diverse fine and applied art practices. The exhibition will
present work by emerging designers that is conceived and produced with computers and inspired by
technological developments such as genetic engineering.
William Marsh Rice University (consortium)
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support a publication to document a panel discussion and site-specific architectural
installations that examine the shotgun house within contemporary architectural design and theory.
The publication will allow national dissemination of a project that will be unable to travel.
Windows of Opportunity, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To design and produce a traveling exhibition and catalogue on a housing design competition
sponsored by the Chicago Housing Authority and the NEA New Public Works initiative. The
competition's goal was to stimulate creative vision and design excellence in Chicago public housing
and this project seeks to encourage a broader awareness and a national discussion on the
subject.
FOLK & TRADITIONAL ARTS
Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$20,000
To support Alabama Traditions: A Musical Celebration. The statewide, six-venue tour of Alabama's
finest folk music tradition will feature the Birmingham Sunlights, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Mariachi
Garibaldi, and the Gary Waldrep Band.
Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (consortium)
Bristol, TN
$10,000
To support the initial field research and planning for a presentation of the music of southern
Appalachia at the 37th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fieldworkers will identify relevant
traditions and identify areas where original fieldwork needs to be done.
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
San Rafael, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of a collaborative work. Chitresh Das, Malonga Casquelourd of Fua Dia
Congo, and Ritesh Das of Toronto Tabla Ensemble will present a new work designed to connect the
cultural roots of India, Africa and modern day North America through rhythm, music and dance.
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support Collage de la Cultures Africaines. The two-day festival with workshops will feature
companies representing the African diaspora and the Polynesian Islands.
Guateque Folkloric Taller of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Corozal, PR
$8,000
To support a series of music and dance workshops. The workshops will take place in various schools
and will provide young people ages 15 to 21 with hands-on experience in bomba and plena and the
stylistic dance forms of danza and the minuet.
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
(on behalf of the Cuentos Foundation)
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support Ritmo del Fuego/Rhythm of Fire, a touring exhibition and catalogue. The
exhibition will present the coppersmithing art and artisans of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan,
Mexico.
Master Musicians Festival, Inc.
Somerset, KY
$10,000
To support the 2002 Master Musicians Festival. The three-day event will honor master musicians over
the age of 50, and will offer workshops and master classes to attendees and students.
Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Contemporary Women, Living Traditions. The project features residency and performance
activities with Nritagram Dance Ensemble in traditional Odissi dance, and Lila Downs in the
indigenous folk music of Mexico.
Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support East Meets West: Cultural Conservation in the Atlantic Northeast and the Pacific
Northwest. Curatorial teams of tradition bearers and folklorists from each region will help
determine programming for the 2002 Northwest Festival focusing on conservation of language, natural
resources and place.
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support plena music, song and dance workshops. The workshops will be led by NEA National
Heritage Fellow Juan Gutierrez and Los Pleneros de la 21, and will culminate in a concert.
Texas Folklife Resources (consortium)
Austin, TX
$70,000
To support the Community Residency Program. The project will consist of 15 week-long residencies in
Texas towns with populations under 10,000.
LITERATURE
92nd Street Y (Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Asso.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center Reading Series, featuring readings, performances, literary
tributes and live interviews. The center will present first American readings of new works of verse
drama.
Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc.
Farmington, ME
$18,000
To support the publication and promotion of poetry titles selected from two annual competitions,
the Beatrice Hawley Award and the New York/New England Award. Titles will be promoted to more than
8,000 individuals, bookstores, libraries and literary organizations nationwide.
American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of The American Poetry Review. The
tabloid will seek to increase its current circulation of 20,000 through a targeted direct mail
campaign to more than 240,000 prospective readers.
Another Chicago Magazine (Left Field Press, Inc.)
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of Another Chicago Magazine.
Edited by poet and fiction writer Barry Silesky since 1981, the magazine features work of
approximately 25 writers in each issue, including the winner of the Chicago Literary Award for
fiction and poetry.
Aunt Lute Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support publication and promotion of Fish-Hair Woman, a novel by Australian Filipina
author Merlinda Bobis. The press will organize a reading tour for Ms. Bobis to 13 cities around the
country with large Filipina and Filipina American communities.
Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$7,000
To support the publication, distribution and promotion of issues of Bamboo Ridge, an annual
journal of Hawaiian literature and arts. Authors featured in the issues will promote the journal
through readings and workshops at community colleges, high schools, educational conferences,
bookstores and local organizations.
Bard College (on behalf of Conjunctions)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$11,000
To support publication, circulation and related expenses, including authors' fees, for issues of
Conjunctions. Each issue will be distributed to bookstores throughout the country and
subscribers in more than 40 states and 15 countries.
Big River Association (on behalf of River Styx Magazine)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's
oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets
and 20 prose writers.
BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$10,000
To support production, promotion and related expenses for new volumes of poetry. Scheduled poets to
be published include Ellen Bass, Wendy Mnookin, Adrie Kusserow and Olga Orozco.
BorderZone Arts (Intersection)
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the presentation and promotion of writers' residencies in San Francisco. Proposed
artists include Jessica Hagedorn, Mike Davis, Kevin Powell and Suzan Lori Parks. Each residency
will include a public reading and at least one free outreach event tailored to the writer's
interests and expertise.
Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support the publication, promotion and national distribution of "New and Selected" works by
established writers of fiction and poetry. Scheduled writers include Jack Marshall, Anne Waldman,
Quincy Troupe, Maxine Chernoff and Jonis Agee.
Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry by emerging and
established poets, and books in translation. Promotional author readings will be scheduled
throughout the country at bookstores, libraries and literary conferences.
Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of an issue of Creative Nonfiction. In addition to
author readings, special mailings, and advertisements on its Web site, the journal will promote its
issues by binding a subscription card into Poets and Writers magazine.
Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$60,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of contemporary poetry and fiction by writers
from Latin America, Vietnam and Algeria. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings by international
writers in bookstores, libraries, schools and community centers.
Divinity, Inc.
Florissant, MO
$5,000
To support the fifth annual Langston Hughes St. Louis/World Black Poetry Festival. Participating
poets include Quincy Troupe, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Reggie Gibson, Eugene B.
Redmond and Yusef Komanyakaa.
Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and national distribution of books in the International Women's Writing
Project. Works proposed for publication include Dance With a Poor Man's Daughter by South
African author Pamela Jooste and Lindsey Collen's The Rape of Sita, a novel exploring the
political and cultural landscape of Mauritian society.
Fence Magazine, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support production, promotion and related expenses, including artists' fees, for issues of
Fence. The magazine will increase payments to contributors and advertise in journals such as
Poets and Writers, American Poetry Review, Boston Review and Poetry
Flash.
Fiction, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of a double issue of Fiction. The 330-page issue
will include short stories, novel excerpts, translations and essays.
Gettysburg College (on behalf of Gettysburg Review)
Gettysburg, PA
$10,000
To support an increase in payments to contributors and promotional expenses for the Gettysburg
Review. A direct mail campaign on behalf of the literary journal will target 50,000 potential
readers across the country.
Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative
nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Katie Ford, Eamon Grennan, Natasha Trethewey, Nick Flynn,
and Leslie Miller.
Guild Complex (on behalf of Tia Chucha Press)
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of volumes of poetry. Proposed books include The Poetry
Deal by Diane DiPrima; a collection by a Chicago or Midwestern writer; and two books selected
from minority communities.
Guild Complex
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 2002 Women Writers Series and Conference. Now in its 7th year, the program will
consist of five readings held between April and September. It will conclude with a three day
conference of lectures, panel discussions, open mike readings, workshops and keynote readings by
Naomi Shihab Nye and Rosellen Brown.
Heyday Books (Clapperstick Institute)
Berkeley, CA
$9,500
To support Heyday Books's publication and related costs for an anthology of Hispanic, Latino and
Chicano writers who have lived in or written about California. Co-edited by Francisco Jimenez and
Juan Velasco, the anthology will include novel excerpts, short stories, letters, literary essays,
autobiographies, reminiscences, interviews, journalism, theater pieces and poetry.
Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Inc.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
$7,500
To support the Literary Presentation Series, featuring live readings by distinguished writers, and
Open Mike Nights, a series of readings by local regional poets and writers. The Literary
Presentation Series will feature public readings at the restored Philipse Manor Railroad, the
historic home of Washington Irving in Tarrytown, NY and at other educational institutions in
Westchester County.
Illinois State University (on behalf of Unit for Contemporary Literature)
Normal, IL
$5,000
To support publication and promotion of issues of American Book Review. A direct mail
campaign will target Associated Writing Programs' faculty lists, offering MFA graduates free,
one-year subscriptions.
Indiana University (on behalf of Indiana Review)
Bloomington, IN
$5,000
To support publication and promotion of a special issue of Indiana Review featuring new work
by writers of color. Scheduled contributors include Cornelius Eady, Virgil
Suarez, Tina Chang, Carl Phillips, Timothy Liu and Terrence Hayes.
Kelsey Street Press
Berkeley, CA
$5,000
To support the production, promotion and related expenses, including artists' fees, of volumes of
poetry by women. Titles include The Girl Riding Through the Story Garden by Patricia
Dienstfrey; Nest by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge; and Frayed Edges, a collaboration between
poet Ann Lauterbach and visual artist Ann Hamilton.
Lenoir-Rhyne College (consortium)
Hickory, NC
$5,000
To support the Word Wide: Writers of the Americas residency program, which will bring Leroy
Quintana to counties throughout western North Carolina. The consortium will distribute 300 copies
of his books to residency participants.
Loft, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support The Minnesota Program for Writers, which presents readings by established authors and
provides mentors for emerging writers throughout the state. Mentors committed to the project
include Victor Hernandez Cruz, Agymah Kamau, Dorianne Laux and Amy Bloom.
Louisiana State University (on behalf of Louisiana State University Press)
Baton Rouge, LA
$10,000
To support production costs and related expenses for books of poetry. Scheduled titles include
Kelly Cherry's Rising Venus, Daniel Hoffman's Darkening Water, and Kathryn Stripling
Byer's Catching Light.
Mad Alex Arts Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support artists' fees and related expenses for readings by emerging and well established writers
in the New York City area. Previous guests include Jayne Cortez, Robert Creeley, David Henderson,
Grace Paley, Ed Friedman, Kimiko Hahn, Gordon Lish, Lynne Tillman and Hugh Seidman.
Marygrove College
Detroit, MI
$5,000
To support a day of readings and workshops with Edwidge Danticat as part of the college's
Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. The program will be promoted through direct mailings
to more than 200,000 students and residents in downtown Detroit.
Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support readings, residencies and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region.
Proposed authors include Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Ann Carson, W.S. DiPiero, Rita Dove, Mary
Oliver, Carl Phillips, Anne Carson, Charles Simic and Sherman Alexie.
National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$7,500
To support publication costs for five poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open
Competition. Chosen by distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by
HarperCollins Publishers, Louisiana State University Press, Sun & Moon Press, the University of
Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.
North Carolina State University (on behalf of Obsidian III)
Raleigh, NC
$8,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Obsidian III. The journal will
increase its direct mail campaign with new lists and more frequent mailings.
Oakland Community College (on behalf of Witness)
Farmington Hills, MI
$5,000
To support the production and promotion of a special issue of Witness magazine on aging in
America. The issue will feature work of writers such as Carol Bly, Stanley Kunitz, Robin Hemley,
Kathleen Norris, George Garrett, Henry Taylor, Maxine Kumin, Joyce Carol Oates and Donald Hall.
Open City, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support publication and related costs, including artists' fees, for issues of Open City.
New issues will include fiction, poetry, and essays from ethnically diverse contributors such as
Ariel Leve, Paco Brown, Vince Passaro, Honor Moore and Will Eno.
Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the publication and national circulation of issues of Ploughshares to 6,000
readers across the country. The winter 2002-03 and spring 2003 issues will feature new work by 70
poets and 12 fiction writers.
Poetry Center of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the Annual Reading Series of nationally renowned writers, and the Discover Reading
Series, featuring monthly readings by Chicago poets in conjunction with the Art Institute of
Chicago. Scheduled participants include Andre Codrescu, Billy Collins, Thomas Lynch, Lisel Mueller
and James Tate.
Poetry Flash (consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$7,000
To support the seventh annual Watershed Festival set in the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center
Park in downtown Berkeley. The festival features a day of readings by poets and writers such as Joy
Harjo, Jane Hirschfield, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kay Ryan, Diane di Prima, Gary Snyder, Maxine Hong
Kingston, Jim Dodge and Brenda Hillman.
Poetry in Review Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the publication, promotion and related expenses of issues of Parnassus: Poetry in
Review. Proposed authors include Mary Karr, Marjorie Perloff, Eric Ormsby, William Logan,
Marilyn Chin, David Barber, Thomas M. Disch, Helene J.F. de Aguilar and Jay Ladin.
Poetry Project, Ltd.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Monday Night and Wednesday Night Reading and Performance Series, which will feature
live presentations by more than 100 poets and performers. Writers under consideration include Paul
Auster, Amiri Baraka, Carolyn Chute, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Barbara Guest, Rick Moody and U Sam
Oeur.
Sheep Meadow Press
Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry, and translations of established
foreign poets. The press will organize author readings and advertise in magazines such as
Crossroads, Parnassus, The New York Review of Books, American Poetry
Review and Poets and Writers.
Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story. The project is a series of live
readings featuring classic and new short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors.
Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of the Threepenny Review.
Featuring work by 100 established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted
through a direct mail subscription campaign targeting 100,000 readers.
University of Chicago (on behalf of Chicago Review)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support publication, promotion and related expenses, including translators' fees, for an issue
of Chicago Review devoted to new writing in German since 1989. The issue will feature poetry,
prose, essays, verse, reviews and interviews by more than 70 German-language writers, including
previously untranslated writers from the generation that has emerged since German unification.
University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa)
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
To support publication, promotion, distribution and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A
Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues will feature new writing from Korea,
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands and include poetry and prose by American writers from
diverse cultural backgrounds.
University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Público Press)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support publication and promotion of anthologies of works by Latino authors. Featured authors
will read at more than 180 venues nationwide, including libraries, community centers, trade shows,
inner-city schools, and alternative schools for at-risk youth.
University of Iowa (on behalf of University of Iowa Press)
Iowa City, IA
$8,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for two winning selections from the Iowa Short
Fiction Award competition. Titles will be selected by Barry Hannah, author of High
Lonesome.
University of Maine (on behalf of National Poetry Foundation)
Orono, ME
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of new volumes of poetry as part of the foundation's
Contemporary Poets Series. Scheduled titles include two book-length poems by Theodore Enslin,
Axes and Ranger; and the Collected Poems of Joanne Kyger, 1957-1990.
University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$18,000
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review.
The magazine will enhance its Web site, increase authors' fees, and target 50,000 potential readers
through a national direct mail campaign.
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
(on behalf of University of Las Vegas Press)
Las Vegas, NV
$10,000
To support publication and promotion of poetry titles by University of Nevada Press. The press will
schedule readings and classroom visits for each author throughout the state, and will promote its
author events via direct mail and on its Web site.
White Pine, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of titles in the World of Voices Project.
White Pine will partner with the Buffalo School System and Just Buffalo Literary Center to bring
its authors and books to local high schools and colleges.
Women's Review, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
$12,000
To support the publication and promotion of special issues of The Women's Review of Books.
The issues will include fiction, poetry, essays, critical analyses and personal narratives by women
who identify themselves as members of a diaspora.
Woodland Pattern Book Center, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support a series of readings, exhibits and workshops in Milwaukee's inner city. Scheduled
authors include Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Michael Harper, Anselm Hollo, Fanny Howe, Ed Roberson,
Kathleen Fraser, Juan Filipe Herrera, Myung Mi Kim, Joanne Kygar and James Welch.
Xavier University of Louisiana Audubon Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support readers' fees, promotion and related expenses for a reading series targeting African
American students and community members. Scheduled participants include E. Ethelbert Miller,
Dorianne Laux, Harryette Mullen, Bruce Weigl, Lenard D. Moore, Peggy Shumaker, David Brendan Hopes
and Henry Taylor.
Zephyr Press (Aspect, Inc.)
Brookline, MA
$15,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of contemporary literature from China and
Poland. Zephyr Press will publish an anthology of contemporary Polish poets and arrange bilingual
readings of featured authors in communities with large Polish American populations.
ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support publication, promotion and related costs, including authors' fees, for issues of
Zyzzyva, a magazine featuring the work of West Coast writers. Each issue includes
approximately 20 writers, one-third of whom have never been in print.
LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES
Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$23,000
To support a master artist residencies series designed to offer professional visual artists the
opportunity to work in non-studio settings. The master artists selected for this initial residency
are John Scott, Lin Emery and Helen Escobedo.
Churchill Arts Council
Fallon, NV
$15,000
To support a performing and visual arts series for the benefit of residents of northern Nevada and
surrounding areas. The series will include performing and visual arts events offering a wide
variety of cultural traditions and aesthetics.
City of El Paso Arts Resources Dept.
El Paso, TX
$10,000
To support the World on a String Guitar Festival, including performances and master classes.
Guitarists Paul Galbraith, Berta Rojas, Andrew York, Brian Gore, Peppino D'Agostino and Laurence
Juber will perform at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater drawing audiences from New Mexico and
Mexico.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the World Views Visual Arts Residency. Until the events of September 11, the program
operated on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center's Tower One. An alternative site is being
explored.
Quad City Arts, Inc.
Rock Island, IL
$18,000
To support the Visiting Artist Series. This series will include internationally acclaimed artists
performing and in residence at venues in a six-county area of Illinois and Iowa.
MEDIA ARTS
911 Media Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$17,500
To support the Artists-in-Residence Program. Through equipment access and technical support, the
program nurtures emerging and established artists in the creative use of new technologies.
African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the exhibition and tour of a series of films from Africa. The theme of the 2002 festival
is "The Next Generation: African Cinema Today."
American Film Institute, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year, this program provides individuals with the
necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.
American Indian Film Institute
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 2002 annual American Indian Film Festival and the quarterly film journal Indian
Cinema Entertainment. At the 27th anniversary festival, documentaries and feature films will be
presented along with work by emerging Native filmmakers.
American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
$15,000
To support a curated film series of contemporary cinematographers.
Ancestral Films, Inc.
Houston, TX
$5,000
To support the fourth Houston Pan-Cultural Film Festival. Held biannually, this event will focus on
the work of American independent filmmakers and emerging directors from Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
$15,000
To support the 40th Ann Arbor Film Festival and its national tour. Over 125 films will be presented
to an audience of over 21,000 people in Michigan and the states to which the festival tours.
Art Institute of Chicago for the Video Data Bank
(on behalf of the Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support Showcasing American Independent and International Cinema. This curated film series will
present 35 contemporary and classic films to Chicago audiences in the newly constructed Gene Siskel
Film Center.
Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the 2002 Asian American International Film Festival and its national tour. After its run
in New York, the festival will travel to 10 sites throughout the United States including Wisconsin,
Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Asian Media Access
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support the seventh annual Chinese Film Showcase. The curated film series will feature films and
videos from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
Aspen Filmfest (Independent Films)
Aspen, CO
$10,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation and documentary films
from the United States and abroad will be showcased.
Atlantic Public Media, Inc.
Woods Hole, MA
$40,000
To support www.Transom.org. The project is a public radio/Internet initiative designed to foster
new and artistic audio artworks.
Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the presentation of underrepresented works of cinema spanning more than 100 years of
film history. Over 135 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 34,000 people.
Austin Film Society (on behalf of Passage Productions)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Susanne Mason. Let It Roll: A History
of the Texas Penitentiary recounts the inmate-led revolt against prison conditions in Texas
during the 1960s and 1970s.
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Artist Equipment Access Program. The program provides training, technical assistance
and equipment access services to artists and independent producers.
Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$10,000
To support the exhibition of several curated film and video series. Programs will include
presentations by filmmakers, avant-garde cinema, documentary and animation work, and screenings of
films by artists from the region.
Boston Film Video Foundation, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support professional and artistic development opportunities for media artists in New England.
Through a comprehensive media arts education program, the New England Film and Video Festival, and
works-in-progress screenings (Rough Cuts), the foundation provides a full range of services to its
constituents.
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Independent Feature Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the
Onion City Film Festival. The Independent Film and Video Festival places special emphasis on
documentary and experimental films and video and the Onion City Film Festival is dedicated to
experimental work.
Cinema Arts Centre (New Community Cinema)
Huntington, NY
$10,000
To support The Weekend Mini-Focus Series: A Journey Across Four Continents. The curated film series
will showcase American independents, African/African American cinema, films from the Peoples
Republic of China, and Latino/Hispanic work.
Cleveland Film Society
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
To support the 26th annual Cleveland International Film Festival, including the fifth annual
Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. Held in the spring, the event presents current work from
around the world along with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding of, and
appreciation for, the art form.
Community Media Productions, Inc.
Yellow Springs, OH
$50,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary series produced by Steven Bognar and Julia
Reichert. Intended for national broadcast on PBS, A Lion in the House follows five families
whose lives are transformed when each family learns one of their children has cancer.
DC Productions, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the production of a series of radio documentaries by Dan Collison. Waiting It Out
will follow the stories of Americans whose lives are in transition.
Four Oaks Foundation (on behalf of DocuClub)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the exhibition of documentary films. DocuClub's mission is to facilitate filmmakers in
the making of their documentaries by providing a supportive community to screen, provide feedback,
and assist in the completion and distribution of the work.
EBS Productions, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the 2002 International Film Financing Conference. This annual event encourages and
increases collaborations between American producers and international film production entities.
Experimental Television Center, Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-long residency program for media artists from throughout the United States. The
Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production
facilities.
Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$60,000
To support the annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts
programs for children. Activities include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy
courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children throughout the
year.
Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$57,000
To support the Artist to Artist project. This mentorship program will encourage emerging and
mid-career artists to connect with more established media-makers to further develop their
skills.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Nathaniel Dorsky Film & Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the production of an experimental silent film by Nathaniel Dorsky. This new work will
explore the meaning of devotion.
Film Arts Foundation (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the Ninth Street Media Arts consortium, a project in which four media arts
organizations, all housed in the same building, will share resources, staff and facilities. Already
viewed as a national model of partnership, the consortium will formalize its processes to include
joint decision-making, governance and program delivery.
Film Arts Foundation
(on behalf of Wadi Rum Films & Little Dust Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$55,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Roko Belic, Jazmine Dellal and Adrian
Belic. Freedom Writers is a story about a low-income high school English class and its
extraordinary teacher.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Locomotion Films)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the production of an experimental documentary film by Jay Rosenblatt. Phantom
Limb will be about loss and grief.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Waveland Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support production, post-production and distribution costs for a documentary program by John
Hewitt. Smokestack Lightnin' tells the story of the blues artist Chester Arthur Burnett,
also known as Howlin' Wolf.
Film Forum (Moving Image, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films. Film Forum is
devoted to bringing a broad array of the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as
well as more established figures, to a large and diverse general public.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
$40,000
To support three curated film series. A New Wind from the East will showcase films from India,
Egypt and South Korea.
Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Internship Program. Each year, Film/Video Arts provides emerging artists with
mentoring opportunities, training and access to equipment.
Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the publication of The Independent Film and Video Monthly and maintenance of its
on-line companion resource. This nationally distributed magazine provides information on all
aspects of independent film and video production including practical, esthetic and scholarly
articles.
Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$16,000
To support the presentation of a film series. Modern Masters of Lesbian and Gay Cinema will feature
the works of six filmmakers who have influenced lesbian and gay media for the past
quarter-century.
Harvard University (on behalf of Harvard Film Archive)
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the presentation of two film retrospectives. One will focus on the work of the German
director Werner Schroeter, and the other on the Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha.
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs, AR
$7,500
To support the 2002 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Attended by over 16,000 people, the
festival is dedicated to the art of nonfiction film.
Independent Eye, Ltd.
Sebastopol, CA
$5,000
To support the production of two radio programs by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller.
Hitchhiking Off the Map will combine documentary and drama techniques to explore
transformations in people's lives.
Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Independent Feature Film Market. Held in the fall, this six-day conference provides
independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the
industry.
Independent Feature Project/West
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the 2002 Los Angeles Film Festival. Over 100 films, including dramatic features,
documentaries, shorts and music videos, will be presented.
Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc., Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the 26th Atlanta Film and Video Festival. The event presents the best of current
independent film and video to an audience of approximately 13,000 people.
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the 18th Chicago Latino Film Festival. Over a 10-day period, Chicago Latino Cinema
exhibits the work of directors of Ibero or Latin American descent, as well as films directly
related to Latino culture.
iotaCenter (Iota Fund)
Los Angeles, CA
$16,000
To support Kinetica 4, a traveling film exhibition program. The project will primarily feature
films by Jordan Belson and James Whitney.
Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the production of Lost & Found Sound & Beyond, a collection of new radio
stories by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (aka the Kitchen Sisters). Exploring American life through
recorded sound, the works will be aired on National Public Radio's All Things
Considered.
L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support Appropriate/Appropriated, the eighth celebration of independent video and new media. The
biannual event will include work by artists creating single channel work, installations, CD-ROMs
and innovative Web sites.
Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$5,000
To support the ninth annual San Diego Latino Film Festival. The films and videos exhibited must be
produced by Latinos or be about the Latino experience.
Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,500
To support the exhibition of experimental film and video art and the provision of filmmaking
workshops. Exhibition programs will feature the work of avant-garde cinema and video from the U.S.
and abroad.
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The 10-day event showcases
the work of new Asian Pacific American film and video makers.
National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the annual Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains audio artists from
across the country in script writing, performance for radio, and technical skills development to
produce innovative live radio drama.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Only Child Motion Pictures)
$15,000
New York, NY
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary produced by Ira Wohl and Katie
Cadigan. John Cadigan will direct People Say I'm Crazy.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Nobody's Girls)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support finishing costs for a documentary on the children's opera Brundibar, produced by
Mirra Bank. The dance company Pilobolus and author/illustrator Maurice Sendak are collaborating to
revive the opera. The film will track its development from rehearsals through premiere.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lumiere Productions)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support research and development costs for a documentary series by Ali Pomeroy, Cal Skaggs and
David Van Taylor. To Tell the Truth will explore the history of nonfiction film, shedding
light on the art of filmmaking itself and on the way documentarians have helped shape popular
history.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Mrex Productions)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Reiko Tahara. Enmyoin
tells the story of a 95-year old Japanese female Buddhist priest.
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$5,000
To support Weekend Rarities, a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director
retrospectives and thematic programming.
One Reel
Seattle, WA
$5,000
To support the 1 Reel Film Festival. Dedicated to showcasing the works of contemporary American
filmmakers who work in short format, the event takes place during the annual Bumbershoot Seattle
Arts Festival.
Pittsburgh Film Makers, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support an experimental film forum during the annual Three Rivers Film Festival. The initiative
will enable experimental filmmakers to share their work and ideas with each other and the
audience.
San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support On The Edge, a series of residencies for artists, scholars and curators focusing on
experimental cinema. Each residency will be one week long, with lectures, workshops, panels and
screenings.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 2002 Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to
Jewish-subject films, will be held in July and August of 2002 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto
and Marin County.
Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support Scribe's workshop program. Classes assist independent artists, community organizations
and the interested novice in understanding the language and craft of storytelling through film and
electronic media technology.
Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$5,000
To support the 2002 Nashville Independent Film Festival. The event features student films and
videos, documentaries, narrative films and experimental work.
Southern California Asian American Studies Central, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support the 17th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival. Held in the summer,
the event is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian international and Asian Pacific
American film and video work.
Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc.
Houston, TX
$25,000
To support the production and statewide distribution of The Territory. As the longest
running public television showcase of media art in the United States, the 13-part series presents
independent film and video works to over 12 million viewers throughout Texas.
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, CA
$5,000
To support the Screenwriters Program. The eight-day workshop is centered on the essence of
storytelling and provides participants with an understanding of the language and grammar of film
necessary for a clear, readable and intelligent script.
Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the provision of state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality, post-production video equipment to
artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration
between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.
Sundance Institute for Film and Television
Salt Lake City, UT
$110,000
To support a colloquium on documentary film and a series of educational workshops and labs that offer emerging screenwriters, directors,
producers, and composers the opportunity, support and resources needed to successfully
develop new creative work.
Taos Talking Pictures, Inc.
Taos, NM
$7,500
To support the Taos Talking Picture Film Festival and related activities. The event is held in the
spring and showcases films by independent filmmakers working in all genres, including narrative,
experimental and documentary.
Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$18,000
To support the 2002 Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Over 60
organizations throughout the United States host the festival each year, and it draws over 800
entries annually from all over the country.
University of California at Berkeley
(on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support 50 Years of Bay Area Avant-Garde Film and Video. This curated, two-part exhibition
series will present a comprehensive overview of the Bay Area's contribution to experimental
cinema.
Video Association of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$10,000
To support the 16th Annual Dallas Video Festival. Over a five-day period, the event will present
classic work programmed with new video art.
Washington, DC International Film Festival
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the 2002 Washington, DC International Film Festival. Held annually in the spring, the
event includes free films for children, senior citizens and underserved communities.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
'A 'A Arts
Honolulu, HI
$8,000
To support a special issue of the journal Chain and a related reading/talk series dedicated
to the theme of dialogue. This project will feature a series of discussions between prominent
artists from diverse cultures whose work addresses similar concerns.
33 Fainting Spells
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the creation of Dirty Work. The project will encompass both movement research and 16mm
filmmaking.
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$8,000
To support ArtSci2002. This international symposium will promote new forms of collaboration between
artists and scientists.
Centrum Foundation
Port Townsend, WA
$30,000
To support the expansion of Centrum's residency program. Through this project, Centrum will convert
its current print center to non-toxic materials, host an international residency with Mexican and
Latino artists, and develop a theater residency program.
Chatham Baroque, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$5,000
To support a program of Spanish baroque music and dance. The project will be performed in
collaboration with two dancers, a harpist and a percussionist.
Circum-Arts Foundation, Inc. (on behalf of MOSAIC)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support phase two of the Twentieth Century Music Project. This new music and dance work
will be a collaborative effort among MOSAIC, Donald Byrd/The Group, composers Steve Mackey and
Tania Leon, and video artist Star Reese.
Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
$18,000
To support one-month residencies for professional artists. In 2002, 10 artists will come from
across the United States for residencies that offer uninterrupted time and private space for
experimentation and creation.
DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$45,000
To support the artist residency program DiverseDialogues and the commissioning and presentation of
new works. The project will bring nationally recognized artists to Houston to engage the community
in the creation of new work.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$20,000
To support one-month residencies for artists during the 2002 season. The project will provide
studios, living accommodations, meals and professional support for 10 media artists, visual
artists, choreographers and composers.
Eos Music, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of Master Peter's Puppet Show. This fully staged puppet opera,
featuring puppeteer Basil Twist, will be performed at three venues as part of the seventh Festival
of New Puppetry.
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support production residencies for Chicago-area artists through the Artists' Residency Program.
Six 40-hour residencies will be offered in 2002 for the completion of works in four categories:
Sound Works, Performing Arts Collaboration, Soundtrack Design for Film and Video, and Creative Use
of Radio.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Provincetown, MA
$25,000
To support the Winter Residency Program. The program will provide 20 emerging writers and visual
artists with housing, studios and modest monthly stipend for a seven-month period.
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the development of professional writers in all genres. This three-part project will
feature writing workshops, a reading series of original plays for stage and screen, and the 30th
annual Black Roots Festival of Poetry, Prose, Drama and Music.
GAle GAtes et al.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
To support the production and presentation of Wine-Blue-Open-Water. This
performance/installation will offer audiences an immersive theatrical environment based on Homer's
Odyssey.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
El Cerrito, CA
$30,000
To support the restaging and touring of Kawit Legong: Prince Karma's Dream. This large scale
dramatic work will combine Balinese dance, music and shadow puppetry.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX
$50,000
To support phase one of the S.A/L.A. Project, a cultural exchange between artists from West San
Antonio and East Los Angeles. In the first year of the project, Los Angeles artists will partner
with local artists in San Antonio for a series of presentations and residencies for local
youth.
Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support the Hallwalls Artist-in-Residence Project. The project will enable two visual artists,
one media artist, and one jazz musician to create and present new works.
Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Artists' Access Program in digital media. The program will provide artists with
studio residencies, classes and public presentation of work.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$35,000
To support the U.S. Artists-in-Residence Program and associated public programs. The project will
provide three-month residences for up to 30 artists and 15-20 educational programs for artists and
audiences.
Interfaze Educational Productions (on behalf of Warzinake Productions)
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support Archeology of Memory: Three Cantos. The multidisciplinary project based on the
memories of Chilean exiles living in the United States will involve the composition and recording
of a musical suite and the publication of a book.
Jack Straw Productions
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support audio art residencies for the creation and presentation of new work. The program will
make Jack Straw studios and facilities available to Northwest artists from a variety of
disciplines.
Junebug Productions, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the completion, premiere and tour of Like Poison Ivy. This multimedia play will
be rewritten for a premiere in New Orleans and subsequent performances in five additional
cities.
Kulintang Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the commissioning of Heroes, a performance work based on escrima (a style
of Pilipino martial arts). The project will be presented as part of the Post-Modern American
Pilipino Performance Project.
La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural and Community Arts Projects
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Museum of Fetish-ized Identity. This original performance/installation piece
by Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Juan Ybarra will premiere in San Francisco in 2002.
MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$25,000
To support residencies for artists from a variety of disciplines. Through this project, artists
will be provided with a studio and room and board for five weeks in order to foster the creation of
new works of art.
National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support a series of performances by artists in various disciplines as part of the 2002 National
Black Arts Festival. The performances will include commissions, residency activities, workshops and
educational forums.
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$12,000
To support new commissioned work and the continued development of the Turbulence Web site. The
project will provide for the creation and distribution of six new works of Internet based art by
national artists and assist in the maintenance of the Web site.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Bill Shannon/Crutch Productions)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of an interdisciplinary dance piece. The evening-length work will
incorporate hip-hop dance, film projection and music.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Picture Projects)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the traveling exhibition 360degrees: Perspective on the U.S. Criminal Justice
System. This multimedia installation will explore the historical context of the criminal
justice system.
NewTown Pasadena Foundation
Pasadena, CA
$8,000
To support the presentation of two public art projects. On the Bowl, a large scale
exhibition of new media projections, and Art InTents 2, an outdoor event featuring
site-specific installations and performances, will take place at city-owned venues.
Northwest Asian American Theatre
Seattle, WA
$9,000
To support the final residency of the International Artists Program. This project will focus on the
creation of a collaborative multimedia sound and movement theater work by Byron Au Yong and Lee
Swee Keong.
Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support Asiatopia, a month-long festival celebrating the art of Asian Americans. The event will
include visual art, dance, and music components and educational residencies.
Painted Bride Art Center (on behalf of Spoken Hand)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support Flammable Contents: ZH/RH/SH. This project will bring together composer Zakir
Hussain, hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris, and Spoken Hand (a 15-member handing drumming
orchestra) to create and perform a new work.
Performance Space 122, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support art performance/performance art. Through this new initiative six artists will be
commissioned to create new works that emphasize visual elements.
Performing Arts Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the PAC Studio. This theater/movement series will present performances by the Builders
Association, Richard Maxwell, Elevator Repair Service and Anne Bogart/SITI Company, and include
residencies and lecture/demonstrations.
Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the Rock the Boat Project. This collaboration of Portland Taiko, Asian American
theater duo Eth-Noh-Tec, and master drummer Kenny Endo will fuse taiko (the Japanese word for
drum), theater and performance art.
ShadowLight Productions
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the world premiere of Californio. This new shadow-theater performance piece will
focus on Latino identity and heritage in California.
Spoleto Festival USA (consortium)
Charleston, SC
$40,000
To support the restaging of Meredith Monk's 1976 work Quarry. The project will include a
choir of outstanding voices from local schools and arts organizations.
Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
$60,000
To support the 2002 Spoleto Festival USA. The event will include dance, opera and theater
performances; a visual arts exhibition; and jazz, chamber, orchestral and new music series.
Squonk Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$18,000
To support the development and national tour of Hell, a multimedia, music theater work. The
production will combine projected movies, installations, live music and puppetry.
St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
To support the 2002 Puppet Lab and Labapalooza! Mini-Festival of New Puppet Theater from The Lab.
The project is an ongoing professional workshop where emerging and mid-career puppet artists and
collaborators meet weekly to create new, interdisciplinary puppet theater works.
The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support The Sidney Kahn Summer Institute. Students and young professionals in the performing and
media arts will receive intensive training in the design and development of multimedia work.
University of New Mexico Main Campus
(on behalf of the Arts Technology Center)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support residencies by artists to create new work utilizing high performance computing and
virtual reality software. The participants will collaborate with scientists and engineers to
explore the artistic development of three-dimensional virtual reality software.
Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$85,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing and media art works. This project is a part of
the Wexner Center for the Arts' ongoing artists residency program that provides financial,
technical and professional support for the creation, completion and/or presentation of art.
Writers' League of Texas (on behalf of Cinematexas)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the Austin Eye+Ear Performance Series. Through a combination of performances, premieres
and a commission, the event will bring contemporary new music and performance art to Austin-area
audiences.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support residencies for artists of multiple disciplines. Artists-in-residence in the visual
arts, performing arts, film and video will be given the opportunity to develop new work,
reformulate existing works and engage in a variety of education and community programs.
MUSEUMS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo Fine Arts Academy)
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani (1840-1920), with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major Modigliani exhibition
in the United States in more than 40 years.
Art Institute of Chicago for the Video Data Bank
Chicago, IL
$90,000
To support the touring exhibition Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major exhibition to feature works of art
from the entire Himalayan region, including India, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan.
Asia Society
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the exhibition The New Way of Tea, with accompanying catalogue and education
programs. Organized with the Japan Society in New York, the exhibition will examine the teahouses
and utensils associated with the tea ceremony juxtaposed with new works by contemporary artists who
have been inspired by the tea ceremony.
Asia Society (consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the exhibition Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-76, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first comprehensive international
exhibition of the art of 16th-century Iran and will include some rarely seen objects from public
and private collections from around the world.
Bellevue Art Museum
Bellevue, WA
$15,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of contemporary Chicano painter Alfredo Arreguin, with
accompanying bilingual catalogue, education programs and a residency. This will be the first
retrospective of the Arreguin's work, covering the last 30 years.
Bowdoin College (on behalf of the Museum of Art)
Brunswick, ME
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition examining how late 19th and late 20th century representations of
the ghost in visual art functioned metaphorically for both anxiety and optimism at the time of
radical technological innovation. The exhibition will include the work of 19th-century
photographers and contemporary artists working in a variety of media.
Cleveland Museum of Art (consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$65,000
To support the exhibition Magna Grecia: Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. Organized with the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida,
the exhibition features masterworks that have never before been seen in America.
Columbia University in the City of New York
(on behalf of Wallach Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support an exhibition of the work of Mexican artist Fernando Leal (1896-1964) with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. Leal was an influential member of the Mexican avant-garde
throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Louisiana artist Douglas Bourgeois (b. 1951), with
accompanying catalogue. This will be the first mid-career survey of Bourgeois' paintings.
Cornell University
(on behalf of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art)
Ithaca, NY
$25,000
To support the touring exhibition Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony. The
exhibition and accompanying catalogue will celebrate the centennial of Byrdcliffe, a colony founded
as a center for artists and craftsmen in Woodstock, NY in 1902.
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support an exhibition of the work of Dutch artist Michael Sweerts (1618-1664), with accompanying
education programs. The exhibition is being organized in collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum
in Hartford, CT, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Denver Art Museum
Denver, CO
$45,000
To support the touring exhibition Painting a New World: Mexican Colonial Art 1521-1821, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will explore the complex society of
colonial Mexico through the presentation and interpretation of paintings that depict the diverse
cultural forces at work during this period.
Des Moines Art Center (Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.)
Des Moines, IA
$45,000
To support a public art project and exhibition of the work of contemporary English artist Andy
Goldsworthy. Titled Three Cairns, the project involves collaboration with two other East and
West Coast American venues.
Dia Center for the Arts
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the next phase in the completion of American artist James Turrell's Roden Crater
project. Turrell is in the process of transforming a crater into a monumental work of art that
relates to changing experiences of the surrounding environment, sky and land.
Drawing Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the touring exhibition Ocean Flowers and Ferns: Botanical (Photogenic) Drawings,
with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will feature hand drawn natural
history illustrations and experimental botanical photograms from the mid-19th century.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support artists residencies to create installations for the museum's collection of science
exhibitions. The project will include a symposium of artists and scientists to discuss the
implications of their artwork and its relation to the latest research in biology.
Fabric Workshop and Museum
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
To support the Fabric Workshop Museum's artist-in-residence program. The program provides a
workshop for experimentation by contemporary artists who may or may not have considered fabric as a
part of their work.
Friends of the Schindler House
Los Angeles, CA
$17,000
To support the exhibition Houses and Artists. The exhibition will consist of up to 12 houses
designed by contemporary artists in collaboration with the New York-based architecture firm Open
Office.
Harvard University (on behalf of the Harvard University Art Museums)
Cambridge, MA
$25,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Italian artist Medardo Rosso (1858-1928), with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. Rosso is a key figure in the development of modern
sculpture.
Heckscher Museum
Huntington, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition Out of the Shadows: Helen Torr: A Retrospective, with
accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will place the work of this modernist painter, long
overshadowed by her husband, artist Arthur Dove, in a brighter light.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
San Marino, CA
$20,000
To support the presentation of a retrospective of British artist George Romney (1734-1802), with
accompanying education programs. Organized by the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England, the
exhibition will mark the bi-centenary of Romney's death.
Jewish Museum
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition New York: Capital of Photography, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will highlight the role that Jewish photographers
played in the development of the genre known as "street photography" and the impact of their work
on the perception of New York City.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Museum Associates)
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the exhibition Noh and Kyogen Theater in Japan, with accompanying catalogue and
exhibition programs. The exhibition is being co-organized with the Agency for Cultural Affairs,
Government of Japan.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the exhibition The Timeless Genius of Leonardo da Vinci, with accompanying
education programs. The exhibition will reintroduce American audiences to this icon of artistic,
humanistic, scientific and technological genius on a broader scale than ever before in this
country.
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support two exhibitions and a youth-based, mural-making training program. The exhibitions are
Los Tres Grandes: Orozco, Rivera, Siquieros, and a group show of local artists' work.
Museum of American Folk Art
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a touring exhibition drawn from the Museum's permanent collection, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. Works dating from the colonial period to the present will be
included.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of drawings by American artist Willem de Kooning, with accompanying
catalogue. The exhibition will highlight de Kooning's most significant abstract renderings of the
female form.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923), with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will focus on Kelly's figure/ground
paintings of the late 1950s and mid-1960s.
Museum of Craft & Folk Art
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the exhibition Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American
Artists, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will bring together
the work of the first generation of Native American studio glass artists for the first time.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
$110,000
To support a touring exhibition on the history of Japanese photography, with accompanying catalogue
and education programs. The exhibition is being co-organized with the Japan Foundation, Tokyo.
New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a series of new media presentations by contemporary artists in the Media Z Lounge. The
Lounge programs investigate the impact of digital media on contemporary visual culture.
New York University (on behalf of Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$27,000
To support a retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Nancy Burson, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is being organized in collaboration
with the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston.
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$50,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Dutch artist Jan Miense Molenaer (ca.1610 1668),
with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be organized around the
museum's own Molenaer painting, The Dentist from 1629.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Long Island City, NY
$30,000
To support the presentation of the exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation
Movements in Africa 1945-1994, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition explores
the political, philosophical, cultural and social developments that led to the dismantling of
colonialism in Africa through a program of artwork, film, photography, music, literature and
performances by 57 artists.
Paris Gibson Square, Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$16,000
To support an exhibition of the work of American artist Patrick Zentz, with accompanying catalogue
and education programs. The exhibition will examine the influence of Montana's vast landscape in
Zentz's sculpture.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support an exhibition of the work of American artist Barnett Newman. The exhibition is being
organized in association with the Tate Gallery, London.
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the creation of a new work by Beijing-based artist Feng Mengbo, with accompanying
catalogue, education programs and conference titled Playing by the Rules: The Cultural Policy and
Challenges of Video Games. The new work, entitled QU4, is a digital piece that uses the
medium of the video game as a teaching tool, creative outlet and source of entertainment.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(on behalf of the High Museum of Art)
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support the touring exhibition After Whistler, with accompanying catalogue and education
programs. This will be the first exhibition to show James McNeill Whistler's influence on American
art, as well as the first major exhibition of his work in the Southeast.
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support planning for the exhibition A Walking Shadow: Ritual Art from New Ireland. The
museum plans to present the most comprehensive exhibition to date to focus on the art of this
Western Pacific island group.
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica, CA
$12,000
To support the touring exhibition Unusual Behavior: The Art of Richard Jackson, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will survey the work of this Los
Angeles-based artist's 40-year career, including his wall paintings, stacked canvas works and
painting machines.
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$45,000
To support the exhibition Long Steps Never Broke a Back: Art from Africa in America, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will draw primarily from the museum's
permanent collection, while collaborations with advisors, African artists and community
organizations will shape installations and interpretations of the artwork.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Center
New York, NY
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist James Rosenquist, with accompanying
education programs. This will be the first survey of this internationally recognized artist's work
since 1972.
St. Bonaventure University (on behalf of Quick Art Center)
St. Bonaventure, NY
$10,000
To support the exhibition Projection Grand Piano, with accompanying catalogue and education
programs. This exhibition will feature the work of American artist/musician Ken Butler,
specifically an interactive audio-visual assemblage sculpture of reconfigured objects, machine
parts and other audio-visual items made of wood, metal and plastic.
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Prints, Drawings, and
Paintings, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This exhibition will present for
the first time a full survey of this Dutch artist's work.
University of California at Los Angeles, Regents of
(on behalf of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History)
Los Angeles, CA
$27,000
To support the touring exhibition Apartheid and After: The Art of Willie Bester, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. This exhibition will be the first retrospective to
trace the work and career of this contemporary South African artist.
University of Colorado at Boulder
(on behalf of the Art Galleries)
Boulder, CO
$25,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Leslie Dill, with accompanying
catalogue, artist residency, community art project and choral performance. In collaboration with
Naropa University and Ars Nova Singers, the University of Colorado will present another of Dill's
community-oriented, interactive public art projects.
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
(on behalf of the Weisman Art
Museum)
Minneapolis, MN
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early
20th-Century American Art, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the
first major exhibition and publication to explore the art inspired by the visual culture of
American popular entertainment from 1890 to 1930.
University of North Texas (on behalf of the Art Gallery)
Denton, TX
$24,500
To support the Silkroad to Pophighway project which will involve the creation and
installation of work by artist Wenda Gu, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This
project, jointly developed between the Art Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College
of Art and Kansas City Art Institute, will demonstrate Gu's interpretation of the relationship
between China and the West, past and present.
University of Rochester (on behalf of the Memorial Art Gallery)
Rochester, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition George Bellows at Woodstock (1920-24), with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine this short period in Bellows' career
during which his work was influenced by the extremities of realism and abstraction, as well as the
landscapes and communities of Woodstock.
University of South Florida (on behalf of the Contemporary Art Museum)
Tampa, FL
$15,000
To support the touring exhibition Contemporary Art and the African Lens, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. In collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand/
Gertrude Posel Gallery in Johannesburg, USF will create an exhibition that will explore the
multifaceted concept of diaspora and African identity through contemporary photography and
lens-based media.
University of Texas at Arlington (on behalf of The Gallery)
Arlington, TX
$16,000
To support the touring exhibition Stories Your Mother Never Told You: A Survey of Photography
and Text by Celia Alvarez Munoz, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The
exhibition will present a 20 year-survey of Munoz's work and will focus on the intersection of the
artist's personal memories with her Chicana perspective.
University of Wisconsin at Madison
(on behalf of the Elvehjem Museum of Art)
$16,000
Madison, WI
To support the touring exhibition Contemporary Studio Cabinetry: The Inside Story, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The presentation of the exhibition will coincide
with the National Furniture Society's annual conference in Madison and will include case furniture
by 38 international artists.
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the touring exhibition The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, with accompanying
catalogue. This is a major retrospective that will cover the artist's entire career, from the early
works of 1949 until her death in 1992.
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA
$20,000
To support the planning stage for the touring exhibition Roots and Legacies in African American
Art, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will trace the
development of African American painting, sculpture, collage and printmaking through the 20th
century and will focus on African American artists' responses to African art and Cubism.
MUSIC
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$20,000
To support Composing the Future, a multi-faceted project celebrating American composers and their
music. The Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and two smaller ensembles made up of ASO musicians will
commission, present and record for national distribution the music of established and emerging
American composers.
American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the expansion of the innova® Recordings label. This project will broaden American
Composer Forum's recording services to composers and performers.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Emerging American Composers Project, featuring composers of diverse racial and
stylistic backgrounds in commissioning and performances of new works, as well as outreach and
residency activities. The orchestra will perform several world premieres in concerts at Carnegie
Hall and will continue its new music reading sessions.
Amherst Saxophone Society, Inc.
Williamsville, NY
$5,000
To support the presentation of music for saxophone quartet. Performances will take place at a
church in Buffalo, NY, at Slee Concert Hall on the campus of SUNY/Buffalo and in front of a live
radio audience at WBFO-FM studios.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
To support Sing for the Cure, a work for chorus, orchestra and narrator. The Baltimore
Choral Arts Society Chorus and Orchestra will give this work its Maryland premiere at Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
Bang on a Can, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the annual Bang on a Can Marathon. In the fall of 2002, the day-long festival of new
music will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and will then be broadcast over the Internet
as part of the first Bang on a Can E-Festival.
Bang on a Can, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Bang on a Can Summer Institute for Music, a consortium project. Emerging composers, performers, conductors, and listeners will participate in learning and
making music with composer-in-residence Steve Reich, faculty from Bang on a Can All-Stars, the
string quartet Ethel, and others.
Bay Chamber Concerts, Inc. (consortium)
Rockport, ME
$15,000
To support the commission and performances of a new work by Billy Taylor and his trio. The new jazz
chamber work for the trio and five additional instruments will be presented by Bay Chamber
Concerts, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Roslindale, MA
$15,000
To support Lukas Foss at 80, a celebration of the composer's contribution to the orchestral
repertoire. Plans include a concert of orchestral works by Lukas Foss, a pre-concert lecture by the
composer, and a compact disc recording.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (on behalf of Tanglewood Music Center)
Boston, MA
$50,000
To support the Festival of Contemporary Music, including tour concerts. The center will present the
week-long event within the summer festival featuring concerts by ensembles of Tanglewood fellows
and guest artists as well as launching a new professional development initiative, Tanglewood on
Tour, during the winter.
Bronx Arts Ensemble, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$7,500
To support a residency by the Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra and Paquito D'Rivera as
composer-in-residence at the Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. The week-long residency
will include performances of Paquito D'Rivera's orchestrated Song for Peace, originally
written for piano and voice.
Cabrillo Music Festival
Santa Cruz, CA
$7,500
To support a new music conductor training program. This summer program will partner with the
Conductors Guild in providing 15 conductors opportunities in conducting small and large ensembles,
programming contemporary works and collaborating with composers.
California EAR Unit Foundation
Green Valley, CA
$5,000
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